Making Our Ideas Clear

Philip Rosenbaum , Haverford College, USAJaan Valsiner, Aalborg University, USA

• Series Editor's Preface: Connecting Cultural Psychology With Psychoanalysis: How Pragmatism Matters.Introduction: The Effects of the Postmodern Turn in Relational Psychoanalysis.Section I: Pragmatic Beginnings: A Historical Overview.Chapter 1. Compatibility Between Early Psychoanalysis and Pragmatism, Tania Zittoun.Chapter 2. Self as a Sign: Locating Peirce's Semiotics in Sullivan's Self-System, Philip J. Rosenbaum.Chapter 3. Wilfred Bion: A Piercean Semiotic Reading, Robert White.Chapter 4. Commentary: Commentary on Pragmatism and Psychoanalysis, Katharina Rothe.Section II: Applying Pragmatic Theory To Contemporary Questions.Chapter 5. Dialogue Between Multiple Self Models: Moving Towards.Chapter 6. Integration, Mayer Bellehsen.Chapter 7. Achieving Purpose in an Open Cosmos: The Continuing Relevance of William James for Relational and Interpersonal Theory, Jon Weidenbaum.Chapter 8. From Meaning to Sensemaking: Implications of a Semiotic and Dynamic Model of Mind for Psychoanalysis, Sergio Salvatore.Chapter 9. The American Idea in Siblinghood—Interpersonal Psychoanalysis and Pragmatism: Knowing and the Problem of the Unconscious, Michael Mance.Chapter 10. Commentary: Reflections on the Ways Pragmatic Philosophy and Interpersonal Psychoanalysis Are Related, Cory K. Chen.Section III: Pragmatic Methodology In Clinical Work.Chapter 11. The Psychosemiotic Model for Understanding the Body–Mind Continuum: Implications for Epistemic and Psychotherapeutic Applications, Matti Keinänen.Chapter 12. The Dynamics of Control in the Case of Mrs. C: A Pragmatic Study of the Patient/Analyst Dialogue, Georgia Lepper.Chapter 13. Children's Dreams: A Novel Interpretation, Yariv Orgad and Yair Neuman.Chapter 14. How Empirical Research Can Help Clinicians Evaluate Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice: A Pragmatic Approach, Jean Knox.Chapter 15. Commentary: The Language of Dreams: Dissociative Processes and Symbolic Functioning In Dreaming, Rhona Kaplan.Chapter 16. Conclusion: The Pragmatic Maxim and the Good Life, Philip J. Rosenbaum.